Equalized Property Tax Rates

PASSED

DEFEATED

Above State Average

79.6% (28.66*)

20.4% (7.33*)

Below State Average

71.1% (32)

28.9% (13)

State average equalized property tax rate in 2000: $2.5293.

The table above shows the pass and fail rate of construction proposals according to the community’s equalized property tax rate. The New Jersey Division of Taxation provided the equalized tax rates.

The figures exclude eight regional school districts that encompass municipalities with above- average equalized tax rates and municipalities with below-average equalized tax rates.

* In two districts where referenda consisted of two questions, voters only approved one of the questions. In another district, voters acted on three questions and approved two of the three.